Combined saw set and gummer



(NO Model.)

E. A. PARKS.

COMBINED SAW SET AND GUMMER.

No. 266,192. Patented 001;. 17, 1882.

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ELIJAH A. PARKS, OF SOUTH BEND, ARKANSAS.

COMBINED SAW SET AND GUMMER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 266,192, dated October 17, 1882.

Application filedMay 2,1)"82. (No model.)

5 proved Saw Set and Gummer, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The objectot' my invention is to facilitate the gumming and setting of saws.

The invention consists in a pair of tongs provided with dovetail grooves in the inner surfaces ofthejawsfor receiving dies, with a checkscrew and nut, and a saw-guide formed of a block pivo'ted'betwecn two jaws projecting from a plate. held to the side of the tongs,

- whereby teeth will be cut in a saw placed between thejaws when the jaws are pressed together.

Theinvention also consists in a plate adapted to be secured on the lower jaw and provided with a saw-guide extending across it, whereby the teeth of a saw placed on this plate will be bent or set by pressing the jaws together.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

2 in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation of my improved saw set and gummer. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudi- 0 nal sectional elevation of the front end of the same, showing the setting-plate attached to the lower jaw. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the setting-plate. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the male die for gumming the saw. Fig. 6 is a Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a modified construction of the male die.

The jaw A of the tongs O is provided in its inner surface with a transverse dovetailed 4o groove, A, adapted to receive a dovetailed female die, A ,provided with a triangular aperture, a, of the same size as the space between the saw-teeth. The other jaw, B, is provided in its inner surface with a longitudinal dove- 5 tailed groove, B, adapted to receive the male in front of the die B and this screw can be adjusted to prevent the jaws A and B from be ing brought too close together. Two jaws, E. project from a plate, F, provided with a longitudinal slot, F, through which a screw, G, passes into one of the shanks of the tongs for holding this plate F adj ustably on this shank. A beveled or other block, H, is pivoted between the jaws E in such a manner that it will be inclined toward the side of the shank on which the plate F is held, and will also be inclined toward the ends of the jaws. This block H serves as a guide for the saw that is being gummed. Dies A and B of different sizes, can be held in the jawsA and B, according to the sizes of the teeth that are to be cut. The saw-plate is placed on the female die A and the projection bot the male die B is forced through the edge of the saw-plate into the aperture or recess a in the female die A The guide H can be adjusted a greater or less distance from the ends of the jaws A B, as the circumstances may require.

It the implement is to be used as a saw-set, the die A is removed. On thejaw Aa plate, K, is secured, which has a dovetailed ridge, (7, on its under side, which ridge is passed into the dovetailed groove, A, and a screw, L, is passed through a longitudinal slot, M, in the jaw A, into the plate K, for holding the plate K firmly on the jaw. The plate K has a 1011- gitudinal recess, 1, on its upper face, and to it an angle-iron guide-strip, N, is attached transversely to the jaws A and B by means of screws fpassing through slots g in the plate K at right angles to the guidc-strip. This guide-strip N is provided with a recess, N,in its front edge, to permit the projection b of the die B to pass into the corresponding aperture, 70, in the recess I of the plate K. The plate K is provided with a recess,,K, in its rear edge, so that the sides of this recess K can be at the side of the joint of the tongs, whereby the plate K will be held more firmly on thejawA. The saw that is to be set is placed on the plate K in such a manner that the points of the teeth rest against the vertical ridge of the guide-strip N, and the teeth are. bent down into the recess I by the portion 1) of the projection b b of the die B when the jaws A and B are brought together, the portion 1) of the projec- ICO tion I) b passing through the aperture 7; of the plate K.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a saw set and gummer, the combination, with the tongs (I, provided with dovetailed grooves A and B in the jaws A and B, of the female die A provided with a triangular aperture or recess, a, and the male die B ,provided with a projection, I) 1'), fitting within the aperture or recess a, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a saw set and gunnner, the combination, with the tongs O, of the dies A B held in the jaws thereof, the plate F, provided with lugs E, and the block H, pivoted in these lugs, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a saw set and guinmer, the combination, with the tongs O, of the dies A B held in the jaws thereof, the longitudinally-slotted plate 1 provided with lugs E, the block II, pivoted to these jaws, and the screw Gr, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a saw set and guminer, the combination, with the tongs U, of the die B and the plate K, provided with an aperture, k, and a recessed guide'strip, N, extending; across it, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a saw set and guminer, the combination, with the tongs G, of the die B the plate ELIJAH A. PARKS.

W'itnesses OSCAR F. GUNZ, U. SEDGWICK. 

